Renewables’ intermittency—sometimes too much energy, sometimes too little—could be an advantage. Use excess solar/wind to produce synthetic oil, gas, and coal, enabling a 99% renewable grid and cutting fossil fuels in industry and transport.
The fossil fuel industry may resist, but economics and geopolitics favor this shift. Renewables+storage keep getting cheaper, and nations like China—leading the tech—gain energy independence.
To Conquer the Primary Energy Consumption Layer of Our Entire Civilization
Meaning we don’t need new nuclear construction, and we certainly don’t need new fossil construction. The trump administration is pushing for those because of crony capitalism, not because there is a gap.